Nick Sargente is a technically curious Sales Support professional with 12 years of hands-on experience blending customer-facing retail roles and deep low-level programming expertise. Self-taught in C and x86 assembly and familiar with Java, PHP, and Go, he also contributes to open-source tooling and has improved installability and packaging for unix-focused projects. He operates an audio recording studio and brings practical knowledge of DAWs, studio hardware, and electronics to projects that cross software and hardware domains. A licensed Amateur Radio operator (KD2DYC) and firmware/kernel tinkerer, he has a knack for rapidly absorbing complex technical information and applying it to real-world systems. Currently based in the Greater New York City area and pursuing a BS in Computer Engineering, he blends engineering curiosity with customer-oriented experience.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Uncomplete, Computer Engineering, Uncomplete, Computer Engineering at University at Buffalo
In Progress BS, Computer Engineering, In Progress BS, Computer Engineering at Farmingdale State University of New York
:pencil: Simple delightful note taking, with more unix and less lock-in.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
Contributions:3 reviews, 34 commits, 17 PRs in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Nick focused on improving the installation and usability of the `notes` application. Their contributions involved creating and modifying the installation script (`install.sh`), including dependency checks, file placement, and permission adjustments. They added features such as the ability to uninstall the application. The user also integrated a man page and made the application compatible with bpkg.io.
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 3 months
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